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- Solomon Islands resentment against RAMSI builds up
- -- Resentment is growing in the Solomon Islands over the extent to which the Australian-led peacekeeping mission there is driving up prices and leaving the local people much worse off, a foreign aid watchdog group has warned, reports The Age . /p>A
- Solomon Islands PM handed a report into April 2006 riots.
The Solomon Islands Prime Minister Derek Sikua has been handed a report into the April 2006 riots that devastated part of the capital, Honiara. But Dr Sikua said the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry report would not be made public until he
- Inflation Up In Solomon Islands
(www.peoplefirst.com.sb) The Central Bank of Solomon Islands But inflation rose to 10 percent in the quarter. Payments for imported goods increased by a wide margin, resulting in a further deterioration of the trade account and a widening of the trade
- In Context: 'A Credible Budget' - Dr Sikua, Solomon Islands PM
Press Release: Solomon Islands Government A Credible Budget, Says PM The Prime Minister Dr Derek Sikua said the 2008 Budget is a credible budget, when moving the Sine Die motion in Parliament this week to end the current sitting of Parliament. He said it
- Solomons farmers get a boost from surge in commodity prices.
Copra and cocoa producers in Solomon Islands have made another record-breaking contribution to the national economy in 2007. The General Manager of the Commodities Export Marketing Authority, Moses Pelomo, says last year copra and cocoa exports earned
- Solomon Islands diplomat to return home
(Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) -- -- Despite calls to stay on for another three years Solomon Islander and Pacific Islands Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organisation, Robert Sisilo, is returning home in mid-July for good. Free Report!
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The UK established a protectorate over the Solomon Islands in the 1890s. Some of the bitterest fighting of World War II occurred on these islands. Self-government was achieved in 1976 and independence two years later. Current issues include government deficits, deforestation, and malaria control.
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